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GM gpass..,I really see no way a manual trader can calibrate to market conditions as you mentioned.We face 2 obstacles IMO..newsmongering and HFTs... every news release either domestic or foreign jerks the market around like crazy and is exploited in milliseconds by high frequency traders to the tune of countless millions of units swapping and switching directions in the blink of an eye.The algorithms they use are not really geared to market conditions but getting a few microseconds jump on other HFT traders as news is released.The big guns(most) no longer have traders at trading desks but instead hire whiz kids in computer sciences and programming.The HFT crowd has dramatically changed the landscape on equities as well as FOREX and manual traders cannot beat them...manual traders can only try to ride on their coat tails.They absolutely dominate the current markets.